CHRISTMAS ARRIVES LATE IN ANKARA !!

Greetings Kankas
and Kankies.

Ankaragucu gave
their Christmas present to Kirklarelispor in the form of 2 points yesterday
obviously thinking that this was December and forgetting it was January !!!

As well all know
too well, possession counts for nothing if you are firing blanks. Little did we realise that the euphoria at
half time going in at 1-0 up and shooting into the Gecikondu end in the 2nd
half was not to last.

However, before
you all hold your heads in your hands and say ............. ‘oh no, he’s not
going to say it was a game of two halves again’ ................ relax ! It most definitely wasn’t !

ANKARAGUCU 1
Kirklarelispor 1

It was a sunny,
but bitterly cold day in Ankara yesterday when we all met-up at the Sports Cafe
and inside the Stadium. Maniac Kanka
Harun, Posh Kanka Ahmet, Battle Damaged Kanka Damon and Cider Kanka John. Also, new kankas attending their first
Ankaragucu match – Lessstirrr Kanka John and 2nd Chans Kanka William
(shhhh ....... whisper it ......... William WAS a Galata....spit....saray
supporter in a previous lifetime !!!).

Gecikondu and
Maraton were almost full and the away end had about 50 fans decked-out in my
favourite colour of HIBERNIAN GREEN and waving their large flags.

A total and
respectful one minute silence was observed prior to the National Anthem for the
passing away of long serving Genclerbirligi President Ilhan Cavcav before the
action began.

It was pretty
much end-to-end stuff with no serious efforts on goal until the 25th
minute when Ankaragucu had a golden opportunity to break the stalemate. However, with the goal at his mercy, Erhan
screwed the ball wide.

It took a piece
of determination and skill by Harun to bring the match to life in the 33rd
minute when he chased a ‘lost cause’ to the right touch line, brought the ball
under control, and sent in an inch perfect cross for Muharrem to tap-in. Harun was ably assisted by Serkan in the
build up and I made Serkan my Man of the Match for his marauding down the right
and causing all sorts of problems to the Kirklareli defence. Unfortunately, there were no takers for all
his good work !

Approaching half
time and Kirklareli had a chance to equalise, but the Ankaragucu goalkeeper
recently signed from Sivasspor was equal to the goalbound strike.

Then, just
before the half time whistle, a scuffed shot by and Ankaragucu player (couldn’t
see who the culprit was !) with an open goal beckoning was easily cleared,
which was a sign of things to come in the 2nd half.

I repeat
.............. this was NOT ‘a game of 2 halves’ with Ankaragucu having most of
the possession, but their passing and attempted shots on goal was abysmal !

It only took
Kirklareli 10 minutes to equalise when they scored from a well taken corner on
the left and an undefended attacker headed in powerfully to give the goalkeeper
no chance.

Ankaragucu
huffed and puffed and attacked, but they could have played all night and they
couldn’t have burst a balloon. Well,
maybe until the last minute when they almost got ‘out of jail’ when a shot hit
the post and was cleared.

In summary, a
terrible performance against a team which is going nowhere, except perhaps
..... down.

Lots of
pessimism abounding, especially as Ankaragucu travel to ‘brother team’
Karsiyaka next weekend and I doubt if there will be any ‘brotherly love’ shown
by their team who are also ‘knocking on the door’ and in the mix for promotion.

I feel a lot
better today having got my ‘Oz Kanka Rant’ off my chest. I’ve always tried to modify my language in
my reports, but it was extremely difficult today !!! However, I’ll leave it to Nadeem and
Harun to use their choice adjectives in
the comments section !!!!

Comments

That was nothing short of embarrassing. Kirklarelispor havent won in 14 games. They are a woeful side and we dropped points at home to them.

We drew 4 of our January break matches and didnt score more than a goal in any of those games, we have returned and have played 2 games against two shite teams and drew both 1-1.

The firepower and lack of chances created is very alarming. Especially when we have the strongest squad in the league.

Is it the transfers that are shit? or as Volkan has said is it the manager Ismet Tasdemir? If he cant change it soon then he will be gone because there are no excuses for dropping all these points against shit teams.